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Solid Energy’s Huntly East Mine resumes full operations
Solid Energy’s Huntly East Mine resumes full operations
Solid Energy has resumed full mining operations at its Huntly East Mine in Waikato after the Department of Labour’s High Hazards Unit (HHU) lifted a prohibition on coal extraction. Mineworkers on today’s back shift (from 2pm) were once more winning coal.
On Wednesday evening inspectors from the HHU issued a Prohibition Notice on both coal development (preparing underground resource blocks for mining) and extraction (coal winning from the face and transporting it from the mine to stockpiles) but allowed other underground duties to continue. The first notice was withdrawn on Friday and replaced with one on extraction only.
The Huntly East workforce has been operating underground continually and Solid Energy remains confident the mine is operating safely. The mine’s stockpiled inventory ensured no customers were affected by the short suspension in coal extraction.
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